Need some advice on laceration. Graphic.

[asinnamon]

Hey folks. We were cleanING the coop today and putting on saddles. It's cold and snowy here, so the roosters are getting a little over zealous with the girls. When we got one of our hens who really has taken it hard we saw a huge laceration. It looks all the way through the skin, and it appears the flap has been rolled into her body between skin and muscle. I took her in the house and put her in the basement in a dog crate, not really knowing what else to do. I slathered this tar smelling gunk on that the feed store sold me.

Will she make it? What else can or should I do for her? Should she be separated from her flock, for how long?

 

[asinnamon]

 

[casportpony]

Keep it clean and keep her away from the others and she should be fine.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Do make sure to clean the gash out.

-Kathy

 

[asinnamon]

With anything special? Hydrogen peroxcide, iodine?? Wound Wash? She's clucking away in the basement whenever someone walks down, lol!

 

[casportpony]

With anything special? Hydrogen peroxcide, iodine?? Wound Wash? She's clucking away in the basement whenever someone walks down, lol!

I like chlorhexidine, but most people don't have that. Betadine is also good.

-Kathy

 

[dawg53]

Flush with betadine, then apply neosporin or triple antibiotic as needed.

 

[asinnamon]

Awesome! How long do I wait to put her back with the flock?